There's been a lot of new additions to Greenlight's Hazzardous Collection in the past few months. I kept planning on writing about them and then more would be on the way and then I would wait to write about them until those arrived and then more would be on the way and it just kept happening. I got really behind. Even to the point that I just realized that I took this blog full of pictures of cars months ago that I didn't even post yet. So I guess this is a two-parter. This is part one of the Greenlights catch-up blog. We got a lot of cars to cover. Let's dive in!
First up is a beauty! This is the most recognizable iteration of Rosco's Patrol Car in 1/24 scale. The General Lee has been cruising around Hazzard in this scale since the golden era, and we only got a Rosco version last year from Greenlight.
That was a '75 Monaco, but this '77 Fury just looks perfect!
The box follows the GL design we're accustomed to. No mention of the Dukes and no WB, but we are used to that by now.
The car just looks great. My only issue with it is the cage separating the front and back seats, but that is minor. I love this diecast.
We are so used to the inside of the car from all of the camera shots of Rosco, Enos, and Cletus driving that we are sure there's no cage in the car. Stock '77 Fury police cars probably have this feature and GL added it to the Dukes version.
The inside is very detailed and 1/24 scale. Rosco uses this tiny 1/24 scale CB radio to call his 1/24 scale little fat buddy to tell him he's in hot pursuit of the 1/24 scale Duke Boys and he loves it, he loves it. Kew Kew Kew.
The 1/24 scale General Lee has been mighty lonely all these decades waiting for a proper chase. They were made to be together.
But we all know 1/24 scale Rosco will never catch the 1/24 scale General Lee!
The Fury is more white and the Monaco is a little off-white.
The green machine version has the outer wheel green on the Fury. This is a slightly different "greening" than the 1/24 Fury.
They just didn't really make a big deal about the re-release and sort of snuck it out there and many fans probably missed it. The cars look identical and most retailers that sell the car didn't even know about the issue. You can mostly see a portion of the Smokey logo behind the front of the top car, and notice it's gone on the bottom.
The boxes are just about the same and carry the same serial number, but for some reason the newer release has the serial number below the barcode where it was above it on the original release.
Along with the new release, comes a new green machine version! Not only is the new version hard to find, the new greenie is super tough to get, because the two green variations are very similar, but only slightly different.
The Bandit version has a green center hubcap while the re-release has a green outer hubcap. Good luck searching down the two versions. It wasn't easy for me. But I have faith in you! I'm glad GL fixed their error and booted the Bandit out of Hazzard. We only recognize Burt Reynolds as that other Boss Hogg around these parts.
Next up are a couple 1/64 Greenlights. Greenlight seems to be on a mission to release a diecast of every police car ever shown on the Dukes. First up is the Osage County 1977 Plymouth Fury patrol car.
Bo and Luke only travel to Osage County once, but is sure is a memorable trip. The episode is "Cool Hands, Luke and Bo" which is an homage to the classic movie Cool Hands Luke starring Paul Newman. The Duke Boys are arrested in Osage County and put on a chain gang, just like Paul Newman's character in the movie. The bad guy in the episode, Cassius Claibourne was played by Morgan Woodward who played a boss in the movie. He delivers the famous line "What we've got here is a failure to communicate" in the episode, though he doesn't play the character that made it famous in the movie. These blue patrol cars can be seen throughout the episode.
The details of the car are on the same high level as previous GL police cars. The light bar is great and so is the Osage logo.
I'll have to watch the episode again to see if this 1523 license plate can be seen. I sure would love to talk to someone at Greenlight about these little details. ( I wish they would answer my emails!)
This is another great release by GL.
The Green Machine version of the Osage car replaces the white paint with green. I like that there are variations in the greenieness of the greenies. This car gives me Joker vibes.
The last car in this post is a familiar one. This is the race car Enos drove in the first big race episode in season 1, Luke's Love Story. Of course there is no mention of that on the package, just 1976 Plymouth Fury.
I thought it was funny in the episode that Enos didn't get a racecar to race against Luke in the General Lee, Cooter in his Camaro, and Amy Creevy in her "Lucifer" Mustang. Poor old Enos just got a repainted police car. He had no chance of winning. Speaking of the four cars seen in Luke's Love Story, we got all of them in the Johnny Lightning 1/64 Dukes of Hazzard line. This is the first one in the Greenlight light. I know we won't be getting a Gen'ral from GL, but Cooter's #99 Camaro and Amy's #13 Lucifer Mustang are probably fair game. Bring 'em on GL.
I've been been asking for a 1/18 Lucifer race against the General Lee since 2013! Make it happen Greenlight!
This is a great car and, in my opinion, it's a better release than JL's.
Speaking of JL's take on the #86, here are some comparison shots of the two. The JL is on the left and the GL is on the right.
One issue I had with the JL line was they used a slightly different model year on all the police cars. It just wasn't the correct Fury or Monaco we're used to. We don't have that issue with the Greenlight line, as they seem to be giving us every iteration of every Fury and Monaco ever seen on the show.
You know if Rosco and Enos both drove these #86 racecars, they'd eventually end up doing this. I even like the numbers on the GL better. They really have that classic Pittsburgh Steelers font look to them.
The green machine version isn't green at all. All of the white is replaced with silver.
This is a fun variation. That wraps up part one of the giant Greenlight catch-up post. I'll have part two up soon. As Waylon would say, don't go too far.
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